Top Army Commander Urges More MSMEs From Bengal To Work In Defence Sector

Lt Gen Tiwari was speaking at East Tech, a two-day-long defence tech exhibition, organised by the Indian Army's Eastern Command.

Lieutenant General Ram Chander Tiwari, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Eastern Command of the Army, urged more participation from local Microm Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) from West Bengal in indigenous defence production. Lt Gen Tiwari was speaking at East Tech, a two-day-long defence tech exhibition, organised by the Indian Army's Eastern Command.

The exhibition is being organised in partnership with the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM), to provide a platform to allow participants to showcase their products and homegrown solutions to senior officers from the Eastern Command and other government stakeholders. It is also an effort to ensure a larger focus on the Make In India programme, especially concerning defence procurement.

Lieutenant General Tiwari said, "Today, we have over 140 defence industry representatives gathered here to display their capabilities in different fields of defence manufacturing. As the minister mentioned, the state of West Bengal has the highest number of MSMEs, growing every year. So, I would like to urge the minister to ensure that a large number of them also work in the field of defence and as the President of SIDM mentioned, it would be a great pleasure to see in the next East Tech, a larger participation from local firms."